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So, I'd been thinking about getting a ball python for awhile, and things just fell into place yesterday, and I got one! I'd handled quite a few at various places to get an idea of the temperament I was looking for, and I love this girls* attitude. I'm not interested in breeding at the moment, just a pet, so temperament was more important then anything. She curls ups for a moment, then is super interested in everything that's going on and just wants to explore and see ALL the things. And she's a gorgeous little thing- when I saw her initially, I wondered if she was a pastel** but I've been told that she's a normal- a 'high yellow' normal, but a normal... with a lot of alien head markings. She's not named yet, I'm trying to think of a good one, probably going with the alien theme. D:

Pictures!
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When I left this morning, this is what she was doing. Before I took the picture, she'd managed to hammock herself in the leads. Yes I took that thermometer out ASAP, and replaced it with a separate hydrometer and better probe thermometer for her UTH. I didn't realize the leads were so long D:
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Andddd this is her tank now. I'm probably going to get a smaller hide for the cool side (on the left), but she's started using it, so maybe it's not as open as I thought. I'm also going to get a bigger water dish very soon. From what I've seen, she likes the coconut hide. Earlier, she was curled up with just her nose peaking out.
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*she's actually unsexed, but the attendant was calling her a 'her' so I stuck with it D: I don't care much beyond knowing how big I should be planning for when she gets older
**I know sorta what pastel looks like, but not the traits that make it a pastel as I haven't read that much about the breeding.
 
Oh and as a bonus... this is one of the snakes I looked at/handled and for some reason, I did not end up with her...

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(she was hungry and pretty sure I was really a rat. lil' stinker. I still have a bruise from that)
 
OH man! What a cutie <3 She is absolutely precious. :] Just reminds me of when i got my first little girl (Her names Chomper, shes now a good 700g) and was playing with her. Calling her my little cinnamon roll when she balled up and fit in the center of my hand. > w<

That second post is priceless. Might be one of the many ball python experiences you'll get used to. It surprises me that a ball that big would still be just as feisty. Usually little stink babies are like that.

Anyway i sure hope you enjoy your little girl, they grow fast! Before you know it she wont be so little anymore. :D
 
She is a gorgeous girl! Her name is Tali now :) She's already 18 inches (give or take- we laid a yard stick next to her while she was basking and stretched out... that's when she decided to become a little side winder and stopped holding still haha) and 106 grams, and I know before I know it she's gonna get huge. I don't realize how big she is now until she unballs and stretches out D:

Lol, I really didn't take it personally- it turned out that it had been a bit longer then they realized since she had been fed and that particular animal was a college student surrender. They've handled her since they fed her, and she's pretty skittish and frightened, probably not handled a lot. They said the college owned snakes could be the worse- the guy was telling me stories about a corn snake who was mean and struck a lot, I was like D: How do you make a corn snake mean??

updated pictures of her markings!

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And the little girl eats like a champ!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJzTFYZ1Uic
 
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